3 files changed, 1 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/boot.go b/runsc/cmd/boot.go
index 4e08dafc8..666be902a 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/boot.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/boot.go
@@ -93,14 +93,6 @@ func (b *Boot) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 	}
 	specutils.LogSpec(spec)
 
-	// Turn any relative paths in the spec to absolute by prepending the bundleDir.
-	spec.Root.Path = absPath(b.bundleDir, spec.Root.Path)
-	for _, m := range spec.Mounts {
-		if m.Source != "" {
-			m.Source = absPath(b.bundleDir, m.Source)
-		}
-	}
-
 	conf := args[0].(*boot.Config)
 	waitStatus := args[1].(*syscall.WaitStatus)
 
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/gofer.go b/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
index f28e02798..95926f5f9 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/gofer.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ func (g *Gofer) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 	syscall.Umask(0)
 
 	// Find what path is going to be served by this gofer.
-	root := absPath(g.bundleDir, spec.Root.Path)
+	root := spec.Root.Path
 	if err := syscall.Chroot(root); err != nil {
 		Fatalf("failed to chroot to %q: %v", root, err)
 	}
@@ -131,9 +130,6 @@ func (g *Gofer) Execute(_ context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{})
 	mountIdx := 1 // first one is the root
 	for _, m := range spec.Mounts {
 		if specutils.Is9PMount(m) {
-			if !path.IsAbs(m.Destination) {
-				Fatalf("destination must be absolute path: %v", m.Destination)
-			}
 			cfg := fsgofer.Config{
 				ROMount:          isReadonlyMount(m.Options),
 				PanicOnWrite:     g.panicOnWrite,
diff --git a/runsc/cmd/path.go b/runsc/cmd/path.go
index 4bb1dbb4f..c207b80da 100644
--- a/runsc/cmd/path.go
+++ b/runsc/cmd/path.go
@@ -16,18 +16,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 )
 
-// absPath turns the given path into an absolute path (if it is not already
-// absolute) by prepending the base path.
-func absPath(base, rel string) string {
-	if filepath.IsAbs(rel) {
-		return rel
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(base, rel)
-}
-
 // getwdOrDie returns the current working directory and dies if it cannot.
 func getwdOrDie() string {
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()